tip one's hand
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.14 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
In card playing, to accidentally reveal one's cards or hand.
verb
To inadvertently reveal any secret, particularly a secret that puts one at an advantage or disadvantage.
Example Sentences
- "In Montreal, a 23-year-old pyromaniac tipped his hand by rushing into the fire station a few minutes before the gong rang, shouting: "Where's the fire?""
- "In a nearly 13-minute address, he did not tip his hand about what he might do next."
- "The questioning during the two-hour argument was mostly technical, and several conservative justices did not tip their hands."
Inflected Forms
tips one's hand (present, singular)
tipping one's hand (participle, present)
tipped one's hand (participle, past)
tipped one's hand (past)